Nikki Finke goes On the Record…Online with host Eric Schwartzman, on this years Ocsar race, the Weinstein's impact on the Oscar campaign process and to discuss how she manages to write her brash, in-your-face style of journalism without losing access to inside sources.

03:11 - Nikki Finke talks about the essence of an Oscar campaign, how they are normally mounted, how Harvey Weinstein broke the mold of a traditional Oscar campaign and the impact the Weinstein's have had on the Oscars.

05:34 - Finke reveals why Hollywood is jealous of David Geffen and Clint Eastwood, why the Oscars really are not a true contest for the best director, best picture, or best motion picture, and why she feels last year's Academy Awards proved the Academy is homophobic.

08:26 - Finke explains why outlets such as Us Weekly and Entertainment Tonight can have such a devastating effect on an actor's or actress's career, why she initially believed Ryan Gosling didn't deserve his Academy Award nomination and how he got nominated.

12:18 - Finke on the role of the coterie of "geriatric publicists" play on word of mouth campaigns for the Academy Awards.